Vehicle.



No. 7%,402. PATENTED SEPT. e, 1904.

B. J. PBNNINGTON.

VEHICLE. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 18. 1904.

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ED WAR-D J. PENNlN ir'lON, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSICUORT TO; WlLLIAM J. MORGAN AND ARLHUR r.

MAY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

VEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No, 769,402, dated September e, 1904.

Application filed January 18,1904; Serial No. 189,536. (No model i i To a, whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that i, EDwARnJ. Pu'Nume'roN, of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Vehicles, of which the followin is a specificatiomreference be- -ing had to t 1e accompanying drawings and to the numerals (it referencemarked thereon. My invention relates more particularly to automobiles; and it consists in means for connecting the body of the vehicle to the running-gear whereby simplicity, strength, and

ease of travel over rough roads are-obtained and swaying or side-rocking of the body,

whether-due to travel, turning curves, or to the weight of persons mounting or alighting from the vehicle, prevented.

In the'accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of an automobile containing my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan. Fig. 3 is a detached detail;

Similar numerals of reference inditate'siinicar parts in therespective figures. 1 f

1 is the body of the vehicle, ofwhich 2 2 2 5 and 3 3 are respectively-the front and rear As described ininy applications, Serial Nos.

189.5%, 189,536, and 189,537, filed herewith, the motive mechanism 1s carried by a frame oted to said frame a reach extending rearwardly to the body, to which it is preferably trunnioned, a spring being, though not necessarily, interposed between the reach and the body, while cov'ipcrating steering devices are carried in part by said frame and in part by the reach.

in my present invention .1 provide for trunnioning the reach 1 at either side of and un'- der the body 1 in a support'5, bolted or suitably secured thereto and shown detached in Fig. 3. Each support 5 has a socket 5,-into whicha. trunnion 5" of the: reach .iits. The arms 1 of the reach extend practically across the body 1, and their trunnions entering .the sockets 5 and ,the forward end of the reach being rigidly, except as to pivotal movement at the hing bolt connected-t0 the frame 7, mounted'upon the front aide, it is obvious supported by the-front aICle, there being piv.

that the body is bracedagainst swaying or 30 side-rockin The pillar of a step. 8 is -se-. curedto each'of the supports 5, and by reason of the rigid bracing described the weight of a person entering or alighting from the ve-' hicle will not cause'tippin of thcbody. The 5 supports 5 also serve for the attachment of the inner ends of the rear leaf-springs 9, the outer ends of which are secured to backwardlyextending arms 10. A cushioning device 11 is interposed between the reach 1 and the body on 1 and preferably used, although it may .-be. omitted.

The arrangement of the steering devices is in' my preferred construction as set forth in my said" applications Serial Nos. "1895M, 189,536, and 189,537.

I do not restrict myself to the exact. details of constructionand combination, herein described and-shown, as they may be varied by theskilt'ul mechanic without departing from -the spirit of my invention, and such changes as may suggest themselves to others not involving invention 1 consider within the terms of my claims.

' Having described my invention, 1 claim 1. In a wheeled vehicle, the combination of a body, a-front axle, a support at either side of and under the body provided, with sockets, areach having trunnioned arms adapted to cnter said sockets, and a frame mounted upon the front axle and pivoted tothe forward end *ot' the reach, substantially as set forth.

2. In a wheeled vehicle, the combination of a body,- a front axle, a support at either side of and under the body, provided with sockets, a reach having trunr'iioned arms adapted to rue ter said sockets, a frame mounted on the front axle and pivoted tobthe forward endof't-he reach, and a cushioning-body,interposed be tween the body of the vehicle and the reach, '9

'axle,and pivoted to the forward end of the reach, rear springs having their forward end;

I attached to'shesaid supp0rts., andbaclmwflip I projecting arms, which 'the outer ands 61% said springs are secured, substantia iiy as as? 'iorth. I u In awheeled FE/b1618 the combinafiion ofa body, a front axle, a, support at eithei side of ,and unfier the body 5; reach having fifiriiavsrse;

.ar'ms adapted for af achment to said supports,

angi a frame mounted upon the i'ront axle and l a in test 430113 whereof I hereunto set my EDWARD J. PENNINGTON. [11. s.] Wimesse s:

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